This is the true story of scientific child prodigy, and former baby genius, Ainan Celeste Cawley, written by his father. It is the true story, too, of his gifted brothers and of all the Cawley family.
I write also of child prodigy and genius in general: what it is, and how it is so often neglected in the modern world. As a society, we so often fail those we should most hope to see succeed: our gifted children and the gifted adults they become.
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Friday, November 30, 2007

Preserving the beauty of youth

If you are going to get old gracefully, it helps to start young.

Tiarnan, it seems, has been thinking about the issue and is already taking steps, to ensure his continued youthful good looks.

It was about a month and a half ago, now, when Tiarnan would have been twenty months old.

I noted him sitting down, in front of the tv, with a bottle of something in his hand. He unscrewed the lid, and upended it onto his hand. He struck it a couple of times against his hand. A dollop of cream came out. He considered this for a moment and smeared it onto his left leg and proceeded to rub it in, up and down, massaging the cream - which was, of course, moisturizer - into his leg.

As he did this, he was very earnest indeed, focussed on this necessary task. He proceeded with care, making sure the cream was all massaged into his skin, so that none showed.

I could have intervened at the beginning - but I didn't. The moment was too funny to interrupt. Here was a twenty month old baby, moisturizing his skin. Hilarious.

Perhaps women of the world can learn from his pioneering example: it is never too early to start caring for your skin. At least, Tiarnan seems to think so.

(If you would like to learn more of Ainan Celeste Cawley, a scientific child prodigy, aged eight years and no months, or his gifted brothers, Fintan, four years and five months, and Tiarnan, twenty-two months, please go to: http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/scientific-child-prodigy-guide.html I also write of gifted education, IQ, intelligence, the Irish, the Malays, College, University, Chemistry, Science, genetics, left-handedness, precocity, child prodigy, child genius, baby genius, adult genius, savant, gifted adults and gifted children in general. Thanks.)

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This is the true story of scientific child prodigy, and former baby genius, Ainan Celeste Cawley, written by his father. It is the true story, too, of his gifted brothers and of all the Cawley family.
I write also of child prodigy and genius in general: what it is, and how it is so often neglected in the modern world. As a society, we so often fail those we should most hope to see succeed: our gifted children and the gifted adults they become.
Site Copyright: Valentine Cawley, 2006 +

About Me

As a child, I had many gifts...perhaps too many - and this leads to the characteristic problem many gifted children face: what to do, when there is so much you COULD do. I resolved the issue by doing each of them serially throughout my life. I had gifts in science, writing, art, music, acting and academia...and so my life has demonstrated each of these, at some time. However, in the modern world, those who specialize, and focus all their efforts on one thing, tend to win through. In the light of this I have written two books, which are being prepared for publication.
I was a child in a time when being gifted was not something people spoke about: it was not a widely recognized situation - at least not in my background. Nothing special was done therefore, to help. It is my wish that all in that position, these days, receive the support that is needed, to become the best they can be.
I have been an actor, a writer of two books, a government physicist, at age 17, the founding editor of an Arts magazine, at 22, and a performance artist whose work was covered by CNN (interviewer: Richard Blystone) and Reuters. However, my greatest achievement is to have fathered three sons.